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62. I was there for Windows I

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 06:24 AM

Sep 2024

But Windows II was renowned for crashing with the blue screen of death.

You could hear the screams of horror and outrage echo across the floor as people lost all their work.

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Funny And Relatable Posts By People Who Just Realized That They're Old Now [View all] Bayard Sep 2024 OP

We must be the same age! MLAA Sep 2024 #1

Yup, all of the above! WestMichRad Sep 2024 #2

I still have a few pieces of Corning Ware and they still come in handy yellowdogintexas Nov 18 #74

Well, at 78 I figured I was old, but good grief I recognized everything. Biophilic Sep 2024 #3

I'm old too. MiKenMi33 Sep 2024 #4

I found a Spirograph NJCher Sep 2024 #51

What a great find! MiKenMi33 Sep 2024 #66

I gave my 5 yr old granddaughter a Jr Spirograph for her birthday. yellowdogintexas Nov 18 #75

Every one of those things is familiar to me. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #5

EVERY single one Kali Sep 2024 #6

We had a rotary phone Delmette2.0 Sep 2024 #67

I know all of these, and have comments or anecdotes about all of them ms liberty Sep 2024 #7

Good gravy, I'm old! LoisB Sep 2024 #8

I didnt recognize three, but that was FUN !!!! Karadeniz Sep 2024 #9

Didn't know 64 was so old pat_k Sep 2024 #10

Yep. Every one of 'em! some_of_us_are_sane Sep 2024 #11

Yep Charlie Chapulin Sep 2024 #12

You're old when the rebellious songs of your youth are played in the elevator - on the pan flute. oldfart73 Sep 2024 #13

Got all of them! birdographer Sep 2024 #14

Remember all of them and both my cars still have wind down windows and 5 on the floor transmissions. sinkingfeeling Sep 2024 #15

Okay, ACED IT Just Jerome Sep 2024 #16

Looking at these pictures brought back a bunch of forgotten stuff in my life! kimbutgar Sep 2024 #17

Waterbeds were hard to get out of NJCher Sep 2024 #52

Every last one of these takes me down a memory hole. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2024 #18

I am old. Lots of memories there. Thank you. BoomaofBandM Sep 2024 #19

I remember all of them wendyb-NC Sep 2024 #20

Waterbeds. :) highplainsdem Sep 2024 #21

Damn. sorcrow Sep 2024 #22

I remember all of these. Come on! Being old is FUN? sueh Sep 2024 #23

I must be reallllly old. I remember all of them. niyad Sep 2024 #24

The Gods Must Be Crazy mountain grammy Sep 2024 #25

I wanted to watch this with my grandchildren but it was nowhere to be found. NH Ethylene Sep 2024 #43

The video quality isn't great, but it is on markodochartaigh Nov 18 #79

Thanks! I never think of YouTube. NH Ethylene Nov 18 #85

I will always be able to drive a manual transmission OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #26

I remember all of these things. Especially the window crank. Well...all of them...n/t PatrickforB Sep 2024 #27

Kids, I was doing DOS before windows 95 came along. Enter stage left Sep 2024 #28

I loved 3.1 with the little lines of file folders happybird Sep 2024 #30

Windows 7 was the last iteration I ever liked. Enter stage left Sep 2024 #31

I was there for Windows I Picaro Sep 2024 #62

Apologize if off topic but early Windows OS-s weren't really GUI EverHopeful Sep 2024 #48

"Memories" Fla Dem Nov 19 #86

I can even remember NJCher Sep 2024 #54

49 and I remember all of them happybird Sep 2024 #29

I felt like we needed one more Bristlecone Sep 2024 #32

What I wouldn't give to watch Grandma narrate a slide show happybird Sep 2024 #36

Still have mine ... and hundreds of old slides. Winder if KPN Sep 2024 #42

Yeah, I'm old Picaro Sep 2024 #33

Thanks for the blast from the past! Kittycatkat Sep 2024 #34

I remember all BUT the Spirograph. No idea what that was. DFW Sep 2024 #35

Here's a spirograph video for you: femmedem Sep 2024 #53

That was fun! NJCher Sep 2024 #55

Looks like a discovery rating just behind electricity, antibiotics and the wheel DFW Sep 2024 #64

I remember ALL of that ... dchill Sep 2024 #37

I never had a waterbed, but... LudwigPastorius Sep 2024 #38

You can't get one now NJCher Sep 2024 #56

Try two kittens playing on a waterbed mattress during the seconds it's uncovered while you're highplainsdem Sep 2024 #68

I had three kitties, and they LOVED my waterbed. One of them used to niyad Nov 18 #82

I remember them all. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2024 #39

We mixed it up NJCher Sep 2024 #57

Oh, c'mon Windows 98 isn't even old. (And more stuff too) hvn_nbr_2 Sep 2024 #40

Oops. Forgot to mention: The road with the 3000 foot cliff had no guardrail. nt hvn_nbr_2 Sep 2024 #41

What an interesting life you must lead NJCher Sep 2024 #58

Yup- On a twisty mountain California road last summer, I was downshifting into first on coastal hairpin turns. You'd be NBachers Sep 2024 #61

I remember, and used most of these. Never did a "will not talk in class" type punishment... electric_blue68 Sep 2024 #44

The crank is part of a pencil sharpener. Ocelot II Sep 2024 #46

The crank is for rolling down the windows... 3catwoman3 Sep 2024 #47

Well, I'm officially old. bamagal62 Sep 2024 #45

The Gods Must Be Crazy is one of my favorites EverHopeful Sep 2024 #49

Yes yes yes I'm 73 I remember all those 👍😁 TommieMommy Sep 2024 #50

Every now and then, it dawns on me.... Think. Again. Sep 2024 #59

Too funny. I still have mine. Phoenix61 Sep 2024 #60

To get ice cubes, there was actually this chrome crowbar-type thing that was used to dig & pry the ice trays out of the NBachers Sep 2024 #63

I was using Windows 98 when I first signed onto DU. hunter Sep 2024 #65

I had an Osborne for my first computer, was using it when I first ran on online forum on politics and tech in highplainsdem Sep 2024 #69

Every freekin one. Prairie_Seagull Sep 2024 #70

I didn't think fifty-five was old. Aristus Sep 2024 #71

How did I miss this thread ❓ Duppers Nov 16 #72

We flipped through casette tapes in the big plastic cases, not records, and I only recognize two petronius Nov 17 #73

A local live theater has converted the cigarette machine into an art dispenser yellowdogintexas Nov 18 #76

An art dispenser!!! Nittersing Nov 19 #90

I still drive one of these. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 18 #77

I remember them all. sheshe2 Nov 18 #78

How about using a xt computer duncang Nov 18 #80

I remember all of them. SamKnause Nov 18 #81

OMG. bamagal62 Nov 18 #83

All your health care providers are younger than you yellowdogintexas Nov 18 #84

Endless more examples Danascot Nov 19 #87

All Of Them, But... ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #88

I score 100%. Harker Nov 19 #89

I miissed a few, but soldierant Nov 19 #91

Who remembers these? Mosby Nov 19 #92

I remember some of those sakabatou Nov 19 #93

All of them! Aristus Nov 19 #94

I guess snot Nov 20 #95